everyone says my 14 month old shows signs of autism

I mean if i lay him down and play a lot with him he will somewhat hold eye contact. More like he is looking at parts of my face but not my eyes. other than that he rarely will stare or hold eye contact. when i am basically playing eat the baby is the only time he will keep staring at me or smile and laugh.

and he will turn sometimes if i call at him but then usually immediatly turn back to what he was doing. rare but he will if i basically yell. he doesnt even bat an eye half the time if we talk to him face to face.

he will come to me when he wants something and he will babble mamamamamamama or nananananana. but not point or hold his juice cup or words. also he had not been making any noises really a week ago but he mastered walking two days ago and now he makes some noises now.

i feel maybe its my fault he might just not know social cues. with my 1st it was her all the time. with him i have 2 jobs and am exhausted a lot. i do not tend to do as much one on one with him. i dont drill him with toys or animal sounds or body parts as an example. its been easier to plug him into the tv or sit him in the livingroom with toys and his sister because i work at night and all weekend.(yes i feel very guilty but i cant even stay awake playing on the floor some days)

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If you have concerns, get an appointment to see a developmental ped. The waiting list can be up to a year. That's a lot of time of wasted therapy.

That sounded like my son at 14 months and he's ASD. But I was always with him. I stopped working and he was always off like that. My daughter was always looking at my eyes.I NEVER had to try to encourage it. It's a natural thing to do. If others are concerned, that could be telling. In the meantime get on a waiting list and start looking up ways to engage him.

I would call early intervention. Does he use any gestures to communicate? Things like reaching, giving and showing? You say he was quiet up until a couple weeks ago, did he just start babbling a couple of weeks ago?

I would call early intervention. Does he use any gestures to communicate? Thi...

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I would call early intervention. Does he use any gestures to communicate? Things like reaching, giving and showing? You say he was quiet up until a couple weeks ago, did he just start babbling a couple of weeks ago?

He bpunces or yells mamamamama when he wants juice or food. He use to point but stopped about a month ago. Also babble basically had stopped too. Hes back to making mama dada and a lot of whining for things. But he just mastered walking without stopping

I would call early intervention. Does he use any gestures to communicate? Thi...

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I would call early intervention. Does he use any gestures to communicate? Things like reaching, giving and showing? You say he was quiet up until a couple weeks ago, did he just start babbling a couple of weeks ago?

No reaching unless it's too take something from say his cousin he wants to see. Doesn't show us things. No words except mama and dada. 2 days ago he was saying nonononono but idk if he is just making noise to do it

Edit to add yesterday i kept calling his name about trying to get a fan and he would stop and look sideways towards me but didnt stop and actually look at me or would just glance my way.

I commented on your post on the other board, but after reading comments you have posted on here, I definitely think you should seek an evaluation as he does seem to have several red flags.

I know how frustrating it is to look at your kiddo and wonder what the heck is going on, especially when others are also asking questions. And the process of getting a diagnosis can be long and scary. But should he get one, just know it's truly not the end of the world! My 3 year old and not quite 2 year old were both diagnosed in April and I really struggled. But with an official diagnosis, I've been able to get them so much help and they have made strides in just a few short months.

I commented on your post on the other board, but after reading comments you h...

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07/07/2016

I commented on your post on the other board, but after reading comments you have posted on here, I definitely think you should seek an evaluation as he does seem to have several red flags.

I know how frustrating it is to look at your kiddo and wonder what the heck is going on, especially when others are also asking questions. And the process of getting a diagnosis can be long and scary. But should he get one, just know it's truly not the end of the world! My 3 year old and not quite 2 year old were both diagnosed in April and I really struggled. But with an official diagnosis, I've been able to get them so much help and they have made strides in just a few short months.

Yeah and it's frustrating because when I tried to talk to his dad about this his dad thinks we're just grasping at straws and we're seeing things because we're looking with a magnifying glass but there might actually not be anything there. I mean I know I've always had concerns over him that were proven wrong but this is one thing that I don't know is just a spooked parent

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